Pinch me

People say, “I made a choice to be happy,” and it may suggest that it’s like turning a key or pushing the ignition. Happiness is doable but requires the discipline of gratitude. If at least once every hour you say “thank you” to someone in your constellation, even if you have to circle back to the same person, you will raise not only your happiness level but also the people you thank, and it may not take as long as you think to get there.

Daily I awake with Diane by my side, and the vision of bushes and trees outside my window and already heaviness is undermined. To experience her and those plants, I see our inter-relatedness, that we all need each other to thrive. So I arise, I breathe, and my heart rejoices.